Arbor Investments, (“Arbor”), a specialized private equity firm focused on acquiring companies in food, beverage, and related industries, has been recognized by PEI Group’s Agri Investor 2025 Agri Awards as Agribusiness Fund Manager of the Year in both the Global and Americas categories. Additionally, Arbor Investments VI was named runner-up in the Equity Fundraising of the Year category. The Agri Investor awards recognize the dealmakers, fundraisers and investors that stood out to Agri Investor in 2025. [1]
Now in its 27th year investing exclusively in food and beverage and related companies, Arbor remains focused on winning in the middle market. The firm’s playbook combines deep industry expertise, hands-on operational support, investment in infrastructure, and strategic add-on acquisitions seeking to build market-leading businesses.
“We are honored to be recognized by PEI with these Agri Investor Awards,” said Gregory Purcell, co-founder and Chairman at Arbor Investments. “They are another recognition of the incredible team we’ve built and the highly differentiated strategy we’ve refined over the last two and a half decades investing in food. We are humbled by the continued support and commitments from our longtime limited partners who have entrusted Arbor with their capital.”
According to Agri Investor, Arbor closed the second-largest private markets vehicle in the agrifood and natural capital sector in 2025. In that year, Arbor had a final closing of its $1.2 billion Arbor Investments VI. The fundraise and closing of the sixth flagship fund marked a strong vote of confidence in Arbor, as it was completed during a period of constrained LP liquidity and limited exits.
In 2025, Arbor was also active on the transaction front and across its portfolio, recapitalizing Rubix Foods and acquiring food services sales and marketing platform Acxion Foodservice.
[1] Arbor was recognized in Agri Investor Annual Review 2025 Agri Awards, published by Private Equity International, for (a) Agribusiness Fund Manager of the Year (Global), (b) Agribusiness Fund Manager of the Year (Americas) and (c) Runner-Up in Equity Fundraising of the Year. Private Equity International is not affiliated with Arbor. Arbor is not aware of the eligibility criteria or the basis of winning the awards. Awards and rankings are based upon third-party reviews and opinions and are not indicative, or a guarantee, of Arbor’s or any of its portfolio companies’ performance. Arbor is not aware of the specific number of advisers and/or deals surveyed in any given year, or the percentage of advisers and/or deals surveyed that received these designations. Arbor did not pay a fee to receive or use these awards. These awards may not be representative of any one person’s experience. Further, these recognitions are not to be construed as indicative of Arbor’s future performance or any person’s future experience. These rankings should not be construed as a testimonial regarding Arbor’s advisory capabilities and does not necessarily relate to the profitability or performance of its clients.
